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Southwark 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 21.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3 4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 12,7 | 43 | 27 | 32 | 231 | 61 | 63 | 61 | 46 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 45 | 37 | 38 | 19 | 707 |
| Uncertified | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 18 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhcea, all forms ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | ... | 7 | 7 | 3 | 89 | |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,Gastro-enteritis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 32 | ||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | |
| Premature Birth | 66 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 94 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 103 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 27 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 43 |
| Injury at Birth | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus Tuberculous Meningitis | 11 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ... | 107 | |||
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Do. Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterics | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 10 | ||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |||
| Syphilis | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | |||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | |
| v. Other causes. | Convulsions | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | ... | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 25 | |
| Bronchitis | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ||
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 111 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 28 | ||
| Other causes | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 15 | ||||
| 131 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 235 | 61 | 63 | 61 | 46 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 45 | 37 | 711 | ||||
| District: Borough of Southwark. Population, Estimated to middle of 3909, 211,125. Births in the year. Legitimate, 5,614 ; Illegitimate, 106. Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants. 664 ; Illegitimate Infants 47 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 3,528. | ||||||||||||||||||